#3BB4DA#3BB4DA

#3BB4DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.117 H 223.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB4DA
RGB	rgb(59, 180, 218)
HSL	hsl(194, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(194, 73%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 17.4%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.48, -20.81, -28.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.48, 35.46, 234.05°)
OKLab	oklab(71.97% -0.0853 -0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(71.97% 0.117 223.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.7746, 38.6307, 72.1506)
Luminance	0.3863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB4DA #DA613B

analogous

#3BDAB1 #3BB4DA #3B65DA

triadic

#3BB4DA #DA3BB4 #B4DA3B

tetradic

#3BB4DA #B13BDA #DA613B #65DA3B

square

#3BB4DA #B13BDA #DA613B #65DA3B

split-complementary

#3BB4DA #DA3B65 #DAB13B

monochromatic

#196982 #2292B6 #3BB4DA #6EC8E4 #A2DBED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#3BB4DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#3BB4DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB4DA

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB4DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB4DA	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB0DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A0DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb4da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 180, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.117 223.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cae5',
    500: '#3bb4da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb4da;
$custom-light: #86cae5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb4da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.34,
    "s": 68.24,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71974,
    "c": 0.11716,
    "h": 223.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB4DA

secondary

#DAA797

accent

#663DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB4DA

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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